Hopsters is opening in Boston, Winter is Here in stores

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One of the most unique craft beer businesses in the Bay State is expanding, opening a location in Boston next month.

Hopsters Brewery is scheduled to open at 15 Sleeper St., in the Seaport District of Boston, sometime in December.

“Many of our customers have asked us to expand our brewery and brewing concept, bringing our great local craft beers and food to downtown Boston,” said founder Lee Cooper of Wayland. “We believe the Seaport is a great area and we're excited to debut this concept to the booming area.“

Hopsters opened its first location in Newton in 2013. It is a unique business in Massachusetts. Not only does Hopsters brew its own beers, it is also a restaurant and offers guests a chance to brew their own beer. It offers up a list of recipes where people can use the brew kettles to brew the beer, and either have the finished beer delivered to their home or come back to pick it up when it's ready to drink.

The new location will offer all of the same services. They will brew beer and groups of up to 200 people can use the equipment at a time.

The location itself is 6,000 square feet – 2,000 of it for the brewery and the rest for the bar and restaurant.

Cooper hopes to open 16 Hopsters nationally. He raised funds through crowd funding site wefunder.com for $1.3 million to open the second location.

In other beer news, it’s time for “Game of Thrones” fans to grab their favorite drinking horn because Brewery Ommegang has announced the release of its latest beer in the “Game of Thrones” beer series – Winter is Here.

Winter is Here will be hitting stores this month, and will be available in 750 ml bottles.

Winter is Here will also be available as part of a collectable gift pack with the previously released Fire and Blood, a red ale, and a “Game of Thrones” beer glass.

For those who like to read about beer while drinking beer, Lord Hobo Craft Beer, 92 Hampshire St., Cambridge, has the event for you.

On Nov. 15, they will host craft beer author and columnist Stephen Beaumont, who will be in town with his new book, “Best Beer/Pocket Beer Book 3rd Edition,” which is co-authored with Tim Webb.

Beginning at 5 p.m., Beaumont will be at Lord Hobo for a meet and greet followed by a Q&A session. Lord Hobo will provide some snacks, and there will be plenty of beer on tap.

And finally, Wachusett Brewery will host its 23rd birthday party and grand opening of its indoor Brewyard on Nov. 17. They will be having events throughout the day and live music. The party will be from noon to 10 p.m. at its brewery, 175 State Road East, Westminster.

Norman Miller is a Daily News staff writer. Email him at nmiller@wickedlocal.com or call 508-626-3823. Check out the Beer Nut blog at http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/section/blogs01?taxid=646&start=2. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @RealBeerNut and on Facebook at facebook.com/NormanMillerBeerNut.